BILL NUMBER: AB 2016INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Morrell FEBRUARY 23, 2012 An act relating to local jails. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2016, as introduced, Morrell. Local jails: electronic monitoring. Under existing law, misdemeanors and some felonies are punishable by imprisonment in local jail facilities. Existing law provides for the use of electronic monitoring of a person either postrelease or as an alternative to incarceration in some circumstances. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide local safety officials with greater flexibility and tools to manage local jail populations through electronic monitoring. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide local safety officials with greater flexibility and tools to manage local jail populations through electronic monitoring.